The invention provides a method for cultivating cherry seedlings. The method includes the following steps of collecting and processing seeds, sowing the seeds in nutrition pots in a plastic tunnel, performing managing after sowing, training the seedlings and transplanting the seedlings into a big field. According to the method, the temperature and the humidity for sprouting of the seeds are improved manually, the problem that the seeds do not sprout because of drought and water loss can be avoided effectively, in addition, the seedlings are prevented from the influences of adverse weather such as low temperature and late frost in spring after seedling emergence, good growing environment is provided for the seedlings, and the seedlings come out about one mouth earlier than seedlings sown in the big field. Hill-seeding is performed in the nutrition pots, the emergence rate reaches above 97%, more than ten thousand seedlings can be obtained from 1kg seeds in a hill-seeding mode, however, more than ten thousand seedlings can be obtained from 3-5kg seeds sown in the big field in a drill seeding mode, and the utilization rate of the seeds can be improved by 3-5 times. The height of the seedlings is 10-15cm during transplanting, the seedlings are higher than the seedlings sown in the big field by 3-5cm, transplanting is performed according the same row spacing, the seedlings are grown evenly in land for tree nursery, management is convenient, the seedlings can grow into high-quality big seedlings, and therefore the emergence rate and the seed utilization rate of seedling cultivation are improved more effectively and the seedling cultivation purpose that the seeds are sown in a high-quality and high-efficiency mode is achieved.